Specifications

General

Art

Plastic Graphic prefers Macintosh formatted media. For all submissions, please label your disk(s) and identify which file(s) to use. Including unnecessary files makes it difficult to distinguish which ones are required. Remember to include all imported and linked files (TIFF, EPS) used to create the document.

Macintosh

Page layout:

QuarkXpress 4.04

If you have QuarkXpress, please use it. Please do not submit Adobe PageMaker files.

Images:

Adobe Photoshop 4.01

Please save scans in CMYK TIFF format. If saving scans as EPS files, please save them in one-file DCS format—not five-file DCS. If we are to scan your photo, please include a low-resolution FPO or stat indicating cropping preferences. We can scan transparencies or reflective art.

Illustrations:

Adobe Illustrator 8.0
Macromedia Freehand 8.0

Save files in Macintosh EPS format. We will trap the files. Convert type to outlines to avoid font problems.

Windows





Some Windows formatted media are acceptable. We prefer QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator files because they are cross-platform applications. Also acceptable are CorelDRAW and Arts & Letters documents exported as Macintosh EPS files. Before exporting, convert the type to outlines and save the document as a Macintosh AI file. When saving, please select the highest version of AI available.

Windows applications we do not accept are Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Works, formatted word processing documents and presentation programs such as Freelance Graphics or PowerPoint.